fictionise

F4I1C3T1I1O1N1I1S1E1

verb

To fictionalize.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

verbfictionise (third-person singular simple present fictionises, present participle fictionising, simple past and past participle fictionised)

present singular third person fictionises · participle present fictionising · participle past fictionised · past fictionised · alternative British English Oxford US fictionize

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeyǵʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰinéǵʰti
  3. Proto-Italic*θingō
  4. Proto-Italic*fingō
  5. Latinfingō
  6. Latinfictiō
  7. Old Frenchficcion
  8. Middle Englishficcioun
  9. Englishfiction
  10. Englishfictionise

From fiction + -ise.

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APA

fictionise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fictionise

MLA

“fictionise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fictionise. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fictionise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fictionise.

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